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Policies hinder uniting of nations' networks
Senior Pentagon officials last week singled out rigid security policies and lack of planning as two key lessons from the war in Kosovo that pose the greatest challenge to improving interoperability among allied forces' computer systems.
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Infosec poses allied communication challenge
The war in Kosovo offered examples of how lack of planning and restrictive security policies can hamper allied interoperability
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Failure to communicate
When the Pentagon released its new strategic road map last month that outlined how it plans to prepare for the hightech battlefields of the future, it confirmed what senior officials and experts have said for years: The U.S. needs its allies and coalition partners.
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U.S., Russia launch joint missile-warning center
Building on the success of a joint Year 2000 venture, Pentagon and Russian military officials have signed an agreement to build a hightech center near Moscow where both sides can monitor the globe for ballistic missile launches.
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The geography of networking
The U.S. military has established alliances with dozens of nations to carry out operations.
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Experts: Center won't affect NMD
Experts say they view the agreement to build the earlywarning architecture as an important step to improve nuclear safety, but they downplay the impact the new center could have on the U.S. decision to field a limited national missile defense (NMD) system.
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Argentina to finance 1 million home PCs
Argentina is planning to provide financing for 1 million computers for home users, most of whom will be government workers
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DOD redefining info ops
Based on the lessons learned from the 78day air war in Kosovo, Defense Department officials are seeking to redefine the emerging field of hightech information operations, a senior DOD official said last week.
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Air Force seeks greater 'reachback'
Strategy, systems helped support Kosovo operations, but greater investments are needed, Air Force chief says
Acquisition
Nuke sensors to get upgrade
SAIC wins contract to modernize the global network of sensors used to detect nuclear testing anywhere in the world
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Government market: Global, outsourced
A hightech corridor has sprung up between the Brussels airport and NATO headquarters as companies try to take advantage of the growing European government IT market
Modernization
Networking in the field
A major military communications exercise under way in Baumholder, Germany, since last week may hold the key to curtailing the record number of people leaving military service because of increasing deployments that keep them away from their families.
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Diversity: A double-edged sword for NATO
At the cradle of the Atlantic Alliance, a vast assortment of nationalities, languages, ethnic groups and religions come together to make Brussels seem a logical choice for the home of the world's foremost military alliance
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Pentagon confident Russian nuclear plants will withstand Y2K
The Defense Department this week delivered thousands of fire extinguishers and dozens of fire trucks, computers, printers, fax machines and mobile radios to Russia, where they will be used to bolster the safety of that country's nuclear storage facilities during the Year 2000 date change.
Digital Government
International Banking Goes Local in Florida
International banking may not be in overwhelming demand in say Kansas or Idaho but in Florida it's big business. And until recently international banking consumed significant amounts of time and materials in the Florida Office of the Comptroller.
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Hackers deface federal sites
Chinese groups hit sites over the weekend, in advance of anticipated May 1 attacks
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